The Nuggets were not favored this season, and in the second round of the NBA playoffs, they fought with the Western Conference leader Thunder all the way to the 7th game of the decisive game, and finally ended the season with a heavy defeat on the road, and with the end of the season, the team announced that the acting head coach Adelman was corrected, and he will be in charge of the new season.
Nuggets Fuzheng acting head coach Adelman
Nuggets held a season press conference on the 23rd, owner Clenco announced that Adelman became the official head coach, the Nuggets this season with 3 games left in the regular season, suddenly fired the former head coach Malone (Michael Malone), and manager Booth (Calvin Booth), Adelman temporarily took over the talisman, led the team to play 3 consecutive wins to avoid the play-offs, and then defeated the Clippers in the first round of the playoffs 7 games, and also played 7 games in the second round, and finally lost to the Thunder, only one win away from entering the Western Conference Championship , the good performance exceeded the outside world's expectations.
After announcing the correction of Adelman, Klenko explained that he did not rule out finding a new coach from outside, but Adelman has been an assistant coach at the Nuggets for many years, and seeing the cohesion of the team when Adelman led the team, the people on the team, these are one of the reprint factors that the team can succeed and realize the potential of the players, so the responsibility of the coach is handed over to Adelman.
"We made this decision to give Adelman a chance." Krenko said Adelman has been with the team for many years, he has grown up with the team, he knows the players and he knows how to bring them together.